The Archive is Only The First Sentence...

On 5th June 2026, G.A.S. Lagos hosted The Archive is Only the First Sentence, an open studio and presentation of residency research by Yoma Emore. The session introduced the narrative and archival frameworks shaping her practice, alongside her ongoing project The Prince Who Never Was, which examines lineage and the early sixteenth-century Lusophone–Warri encounters in Nigeria.

Underwater Ave

A Evening Sharing Works In Progress By Current G.A.S. Residents Kush Badhwar, Okwei Odili, Oluwasemilore Delano, And Yoma Emore.

Yoma Emore's Residency to Explore Coastal Histories and Material Experimentation

Earlier this month, we welcomed Yoma Emore, a multidisciplinary artist and a recipient of the G.A.S. Fellowship Award 2026, for a residency at G.A.S. Lagos. Based in Lagos, her artistic practice spans textiles, embroidery, hand-felting, and printmaking. Rooted in personal and collective memory, her work draws on familial archives and transnational histories to treat material as a living site where past narratives resurface and transform.

Announcing the Recipients of the G.A.S. Fellowship Award 2026 for Emerging Nigerian Artists and Mid-Career Art Writers

In December 2025, G.A.S. Foundation, and Yinka Shonibare Foundation, launched the fourth edition of the G.A.S. Fellowship Award, supported in partnership with Deutsche Bank. This year’s call, the largest to date, included multiple categories for fully funded residencies at G.A.S. Lagos.

Emore’s ‘There Was Once a Traveler’ pays homage to remembrance, memory

There Was Once a Traveler by multidisciplinary artist, Yoma Emore, is a poetic exploration of memory, migration and correspondence, where textiles become vessels of lived experience and historical residue.

Yoma Emore: There Was Once a Traveller…

Lagos, Nigeria
8 March 2025 - 19 April 2025
There Was Once a Traveller… by multidisciplinary artist Yoma Emore unfolds as an intricate cartography of memory, migration, and correspondence, where the materiality of textile becomes a repository of lived experience and historical residue. Anchored in letters exchanged between her mother and international pen pals during the 1970s and 1980s, this body of work transforms epistolary communication into tactile landscapes—maps of intimacy, longing, and the enduring traces we leave behind.

The 10 Best Booths at Art Basel Miami Beach 2024

The only shared booth at the fair unites two powerhouse African galleries: Kampala’s Afriart and the Lagos-founded Rele, both of which are making their debuts in the fair’s main Galleries section. The two galleries present standout works by three artists apiece, reflecting the missions of their respective programs. Next door, Rele highlights three women artists: Péju Alatise, Sedireng Olehile Mothibatsela, and Yoma Emore.

African Artists Featured At The Art Basel Miami Beach

As the global art world increasingly recognizes African contemporary art, Art Basel Miami Beach provides a critical platform for African artists to share their stories. This fair’s latest edition from the 6th to 8th of December, 2024 featured an impressive lineup of African artists, represented by various galleries.

Art Basel Miami 2024

For Art Basel Miami Beach 2024, Rele is delighted to be presenting 3 African female artists -Sedireng Mothibatsela, Peju Alatise, and Yoma Emore who source and incorporate materials from their respective communities and immediate environments. Moving beyond traditional Western materials such as canvas and paper, the artists convey important messages about their communities - girl/women's empowerment, preservation, tradition, and sustainability.

The Profound Stories That African Collective Exhibitions Tell

African collective exhibitions are not only enriching the art scene but also fostering connections between artists, communities, and the global stage. In the contemporary African art world, collaboration has become a powerful force driving creativity, dialogue, and social impact.

Woven Sanctuaries – Group Show

Los Angeles, United States, Rele
3 May 2024 - 15 June 2024
Rele Los Angeles announces Woven Sanctuaries, a group exhibition bringing together the work of seven female artists from Botswana, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, and Zambia, which together document complex personal and social landscapes that textiles make possible.

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